Top Items:
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Childers victory gives Dems a third straight takeover — Democrat Travis Childers won Tuesday's Mississippi special election runoff for Sen. Roger Wicker's (R) House seat, handing Democrats the biggest of their three special election takeovers this cycle and sending a listless GOP further into a state of disarray.
Discussion:
The Swamp, The Crypt's Blogs, Right Wing News, BuzzFlash.org, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars, Comments from Left Field, The Jed Report, Capitol Briefing, Gateway Pundit, Liberty Street, The Reaction, The American Mind, PoliBlog (TM), skippy the bush kangaroo, GregsOpinion.com, Cotton Mouth and Donklephant
RELATED:
The Hill:
Analysis: House GOP hits new low, faces bleak Nov. — The sky is falling on House Republicans and there is no sign of it letting up. — The GOP loss in Mississippi's special election Tuesday is the strongest sign yet that the Republican Party is in shambles.
Reid Wilson / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi — In a major blow to national Republicans, a Mississippi congressional seat that once voted for President Bush by a twenty-five point margin elected a Democrat on Tuesday. Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers beat out Republican candidate Greg Davis …
Mike Allen / Associated Press:
Hillary's ‘almost heaven’ - Signs of a coming GOP cataclysm — BREAKING NEWS 1: JERUSALEM (AP) — President Bush on Wednesday opened a celebratory visit to Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle East. “We consider the Holy Land a very special place …
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Democrat Wins House Seat in Mississippi — COFFEEVILLE, Miss. — Democrats scored a remarkable upset victory on Tuesday in a special Congressional election in this conservative Southern district, sending a clear signal of national problems ahead for Republicans in the fall.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:Democrat Wins Mississippi Special Election
Discussion:
Clarion-Ledger, Political Machine, Redstate, JammieWearingFool, American Street, Bluestem Prairie and Scripting News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
This Is an Ex-Candidate — C ustomer: “Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.” — Pet-shop owner: “No, no he's not dead, he's — he's resting! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian blue, isn't it, aye? Beautiful plumage!”
RELATED:
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Beats Obama Handily in West Virginia — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided victory on Tuesday over Senator Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary, where racial considerations emerged as an unusually salient factor. Mrs. Clinton drew strong support from white …
New York Times:Profile of the Voters … Mr. Huckabee won West Virginia's …
Discussion:
Anglachel's Journal
Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Rumsfeld On 2006 Election: “The Correction For That...Is An Attack” — An ongoing exploration of the documents related to the Pentagon's “message force multipliers” program has unearthed a clip of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggesting that America, having voted the Democrats …
RELATED:
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bush warns of Iraq disaster — President Bush warned in an interview Tuesday that the Democratic presidential candidates' plans to withdraw abruptly from Iraq could “eventually lead to another attack on the United States” and would “embolden” terrorists. — In a White House interview …
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Obama Gaffes on Iraq and Afghanistan — ABC News' David Wright and Sunlen Miller Report: Sporting a shiny new American flag pin at an appearance in Rush Limbaugh's hometown, Sen. Barack Obama came up with some novel reasons why the U.S. may be struggling in the war in Afghanistan.
Barry Rubin / gloriacenter.org:
Lebanon to West: Wake Up Fast! — While America's secretary of state devotes her time to doomed Israel-Palestinian talks and America goes ga-ga over a candidate whose main foreign policy strategy is to talk to dictators, still another crisis strengthens radical Islamists and endangers Western friends and interests.
RELATED:
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NEVER DIE!! — Even with Hillary's blow-out win in West Virginia and the amazing Democratic victory in Mississippi, for me tonight's going to be about Terry McAuliffe's tour de force moment when he turned projectile nonsense into something approaching the sublime ...
Discussion:
MyDD
Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Receive Endorsement Of 3 Former SEC Chairmen — Three former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission will publicly endorse Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's bid for the presidency Wednesday, including one who served under President Bush. — William Donaldson …
Discussion:
The Page
NewsMax.com:
Inside Cover — Source: Huckabee Tops McCain VP List — Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is at the top of the list of John McCain's possible running mates, according to a top McCain fundraiser with ties to his inner circle. — Economic conservatives are likely …
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation — Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason — The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country …
Discussion:
The Raw Story
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
